Day 5: Flight 2, Nope now Sim
I was scheduled this morning for my second flight, but arrived at the airport to NOT find the plane in the hanger. Waited until the instructor arrived and was informed that the heater was INOP and they were working on it. We could not get into the offices or simulator as he does not have a key. We discussed doing initial single engine work in the simulator and if the plane returned in a few mintues we could still get the flight in.
The instructor didn’t have the keys to the office or the simulator room, so we had to wait for someone else to come in. It took over an hour before someone else arrived. It wasn’t like it was now 7am or anything, it was 9:15 before we saw someone.
Once in the sim we discussed single engine operations and he walked me through the first one. He then would have me recover and make some heading changes and then fail one. It was challengeing in the beginning, but after a few I was getting the hang of it. He had me do some turns single engine, and then a vector to landing. We did some IFR single engine work as well. We also worked on power on and off stalls again. We were in the sim under an hour today.
Near the end of the sim we were informed that the plane was going to be off-line as they were going to have to replace the heater. They are not sure how long this might take. I am only hoping a few days. We will have to wait and see.